Cabinet furniture



nNiTEn sTATEs PATENT oEErcE.

JOHN DAVID BROWNE, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

CABINET FURNITURE.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 25,089, dated August 16, 1859.

To all whom it 'may concam:

Be it known that I, JOHN DAVID BROWNE, of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in the Construction of Cabinet- Furniture, which I denominate a Folding Extension-Cabinet; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making part of this specification, in which- Figure l, is a perspective view of the cabinet with inclosed front. Fig. 2, represents the same with open front. Fig. 3, is a perspective view of the cabinet with the enlarged top. Fig. 4, is a representation of the same showing the folding ends, and the iaps for enlarging or extending the top.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

The nature of my invention consists in the inode of constructing cabinets, so as to form either an inclosed, or open front cabinet and also to enlarge or extend the top.

To enable others skilled in the art to fully understand and construct my improvement I will proceed to describe it.

A, represents the top.

B', B, are the doors which are hinged to the ends, C, O, so as to turn or fold on the inside, the ends C, C, are also hinged to the back, D, to open outwardly, which enables the doors to be turned back, the ends C, C, then can be closed, the doors B, B then being on the inside, thus forming an open front cabinet, as in Fig. 2.

E, E', are leaves or flaps, which are hinged on the top of the ends C, O', on the inside, folding down behind the doors as seen in Fig. 4, and can be raised to be level with the top A as in Fig. 3, thus lengthening or extending the top of the cabinet the doors B, B, being then turned inward, forms the support for the leaves.

a, is a small metal plate fixed on the underside of the leaf E having an angular projection which lits into a recess on the underside of the top A holding the leaf to it when turned up.

b, is a standard which supports the top A, or shelves or drawers may be used, as convenience or taste may require.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The arrangement of the folding ends C, C', as set forth, and the fiaps or leaves E, E, hinged on the inside for the purpose herein substantially described.

JOI-IN DAVID BROI/VNE.

IVitnesses:

F. H. ROWEKAMP, M. STRAUB. 

